A Peek Into The X.Org Stack For Ubuntu 11.04

The general X.Org planning summit for Ubuntu 11.04 just ended at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Orlando. Here’s a few key highlights from this hour-long discussion about the make-up of the X.Org / graphics stack for the Natty Narwhal release due for release in April.

X Server: It’s a toss-up at this point whether X.Org Server 1.9.x will be used or X.Org Server 1.10 will find its way into Ubuntu 11.04. The xorg-server 1.10 release is due out in mid-February, which concerns the Ubuntu developers, albeit the upstream X team has been releasing their servers on time as of late.